Tsubara, Yedid

Son of Simcha and Naftali, he was was born on August 1, 1961. At the age of three, Yedid began to study with his grandfather, Avraham zt”l, the Shema and blessings. When he completed his education in the kindergarten, he continued at the Rambam School in Rosh Ha’ayin, where he accompanied his grandfather to the synagogue and studied the melodies of the Torah and the haftara that he had heard with his grandfather. He was very responsible, and when he got a job he would hurry to do it. He was active in Bnei Akiva in Rosh Ha’ayin, and took part in the summer camp of the movement. Even at school he attended every event held there. In the school he progressed well in his studies, also participated in the choir and appeared on radio broadcasts reading the weekly Torah portion of the Yemenite Jews. After completing his junior high school, he moved to the Himmelfarb High School in Jerusalem. He was a member of the Youth Council in Jerusalem in 1977, where he devoted himself to youth activities. In the twelfth grade, Yedid chose to study at the “Mishlav” in Tel Aviv, and excelled in the field of biology. In addition to his studies, he went out to help young people in Rosh Ha’ayin to socialize and even organized youth and held a heart-warming party on the roof of his home. Yedid even approached the council head to help him organize a youth week at the site, to improve Rosh Ha’ayin’s image. In the course of his studies at the “Mishlav”, Yedid decided to join a paratroop brigade, and his nucleus was to complete Kibbutz Nir Oz. He loved the cattle industry and saw himself as a future coworker, and during his vacations from the army he volunteered for a community work in Moshav Mivtachim, near Nir Oz. Yedid fell in Lebanon on 21 Av, August 10, 1982, He was brought to rest in the cemetery in Rosh Ha’ayin. He was 21 years old. He left his parents and three younger brothers. His commander wrote to his family: “He was a model soldier, sympathetic and accepted by all his colleagues and superiors. His personality and industriousness enabled him to perform a role that was intended for graduates of a course for squad commanders, and he did his best.” His family commemorated him with a Torah scroll, which was purchased for the “Sukkat Shimon” synagogue in Rosh Ha’ayin. A street in which Rosh Ha’ayin is located, “Hamishisha Street,” is named after five members of Rosh Ha’ayin who fell, including Yedid. His family and friends published a pamphlet in his memory.